Tokyo May Consider Lifting Some Sanctions, Offering Aid

TOKYO—Japanese and North Korean diplomats met in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss Pyongyang's investigation into its past abductions of Japanese nationals, trying to build on an agreement in May that broke a logjam on the issue.

Tokyo has said that if it is satisfied the investigation is serious, it will lift some of the sanctions it has unilaterally imposed on North Korea and consider offering humanitarian aid.